Hame-tug fastener



(No Model.)

0 SIEVERS HAME TUG FASTENER.

,966. Patented July 25, 1893.

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CLAUS SIEVERS, OF DENISON, IOWA.

HAM E-TUG FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,966, dated July 25,1893.

Application filed March 29, 1893. Serial No. 468,098- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLAUs SIEVERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denison, in the county of Crawford and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Hame-Tug Fastener, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to hame tug fasteners and has for its object toprovide means whereby when the harness is hung up the tug may freelyhang down instead of projecting outwardly in a stiff manner, and therebyavoid breakage and wear of the same, and also to provide means forsubstituting parts in place of others that have become worn or broken.

With these and other ends in View, the invention consists of theconstruction and arrangement of the parts as will be hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a hame tug and hame,showing the improved fastening applied in connection therewith and thehame illustrated in dotted lines as hanging downwardly. Fig. 2 is adetail perspective view of the fastener detached and shown on a largerscale. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the parts of the fastenerseparated.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the main body-platehaving a pair of ears 2 integrally formed with the rear end thereof thatare spaced apart, and havealigned openings therein vextendingtransversely therethrough, as at 3. The said ears 2 are disposedvertically, and between the same is fitted an apertured ear 4,integrally formed with the front end of atug loop 5, that is pivotallyconnected to the front end of the tugsection 6, by a bolt 7. A bolt 8 ispassed transversely through the ears 2 and 4: in a horizontal direction,and by this means a pivotal joint is formed whereby the tug is permittedto fall or drop, down, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The front endof the main body-plate 1 is formed with three ears 10, that are spacedapart and disposed at right angles to the ears 2, the said ears 10having an aligned opening vertically extending therethrough whosecomponent parts include a single opening in each of said ears, and thearrangement of the said ears provides two entrant spaces. Within the twosaid entrant spaces is secured a clevis 11, consisting of a fronttwist-loop for the engagement of the breast hame-ring 12, and having itsends terminating in two cars 13, also formed with openings that registerwith the openings in the said ears 10, and connected by avertically-disposed .bolt 14, that is removably fitted in the said ears10 and 13, and whereby the said clevis 11 is movably held and free tooscillate transversely in a horizontal plane, and is readily removablein case of breakage or wear for the purpose of substituting anotherclevis without destroying the remaining part of the fastener. The bolt14 also passes through ears or eyes 15, formed at the rear ends ofstaple-legs 16,that are lit-ted in the hame 17, to secure the front endof the fastener to the hame, it being scen that the said ears 15 bearagainst the upper and lower sides, respectively, of the upper andlowermost ears 10.

By the construction set forth it will be observed that the hame-sectionis not only permitted to have a fall or drop movement in a verticalplane, but is also arranged to swing outwardly and inwardly in ahorizontal plane on the pivot-bolt 14. Furthermore, the breast hame-ringis also permitted to have outward and inward movement through thepivotal connection of the clevis 11 independent of the other movementsof the fastener, and the hame-section, main body-plate, and clevissupporting the breast hame-ring, are also arranged to have a unitedmovement outwardly or inwardly in a transverse direction in a horizontalplane through the connection of the staple-legs with the bolt 14.

It will be observed that when the breast ring breaks a new one can bereadily connected to the device by removing the clevis 11. If a sectionof the tug should break it can be readily removed by withdrawing thebolt 8 and a new section substituted therefor, whereas if the bolt andsection of the trace were permanently secured, or the bolt and the loop5 integrally formed, and it was desired to remove either of said parts,it would be necessary to rip the stitching of the tug and again restitchthe same after the substitution had been accomplished.

Other advantages will appear from time to time to those using thedevice, and it is obviously apparent that changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted towithout departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the;advantages of this invention.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. The hereindescribed hame tug fastener, the same consisting of the frame having avertical bar or pintle adapted to be fastened to the hame-tug, wherebythe latter is pivotally connected thereto, and at its front end providedwith an eye, the clevis section provided at its rear end with an eyealigning with that of the frame and at its front end with a pair ofvertically opposite eyes adapted to be pivotally connect-ed with thestaples of a hame, and a boltconnecting the aligning eyes of the clevisand frame, substantially as specified.

2. In a hame tug fastener, the combination a of a main body-plate havinga pivot-bolt extending through the rear part thereof in a 11 transversedirection, a loop arranged to beg removably attached to a hame-section,and pivotally connected to said pivot-bolt for-the purpose of permittingthe tug to move in a vertical plane, a vertically positioned bolt 1mounted in the opposite end of said bodyplate in a removable manner,-aclevis for supporting the breast ring removably and pivotally mounted onsaid latter bolt, and staplelegs movably attached to said last namedbolt and arranged to be secured in the hame, whereby said plate mayfreely move inward and outward in a transverse direction in a horizontalplane at right angles to the movement of the loop attached to thehame-section, and said clevis independently movable of the remainingpart of the fastener, substantially as described.

3. In a hame tug fastener, the combination 1 of a main body-plate havinga pair of vertitically-disposed cars at the rear end thereof spacedapart with aligned bolt-openings therein, and a series of cars at thefront end at right angles to the aforesaid ears, a loop having an earpivotally mou nted between the ears at the rear end of said body-plate,a bolt for removably attaching said loop to the hame-section, a clevishaving ears pivotally mounted between the ears at the front end of saidbod y-plate and arranged to carry a breast and the ears of the saidclevis, and staplelegs having ears at the rear ends of the same movablyengaging the last-named bolt and arranged to be secured in the hame,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CLAUS SIEVERS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN, JAooB ASMUS.

